Founded in early 2002, Laaboratorio DAGAD is a documentation and study centre of Architecture and Design, located in the cultural complex of "La Fabbrica del Vapore" in Milan.

 Objective

The main objectives of Laboratorio DAGAD are:

- to collect and document the architects and designer's activity, the young architects' one in particular.

- to promote research projects;

- to develop training and divulgation initiatives through cultural events, courses, workshops, exhibitions, publications and video. 

Universities, researchers, publishers, designers, fairs, real estate agents and general public are the users of this centre.

 Foundation

With the project of this initiative, Laboratorio DAGAD was selected after a competition organized by the Council House of Milan for “La Fabbrica del Vapore” , the former Carminati Toselli factory in via Procaccini. This complex was transformed in a centre of cultural and artistic  production, characterized by good quality and high resonance initiatives, in a context enriched with spectacle and  expositional spaces, restaurants, libraries, bookshops.

The Milanese architect Paolo Righetti.is the founder and president of Laboratorio DAGAD.  

 Activities

Among DAGAD's most important activities of the last few years:

-promoting and organising workshops, courses, visits, conferences either at the headquarter and at some other famous location such as the "Triennale" of Milan, the "Fondazione dell'ordine degli architetti di Milano" and the "Biennale di architettura"" of Venice. 

- periodical start ups for young architects and designer hosted at our headquarter.

- study, research and stage programmes through standing cooperation with the "Politecnico di Milano" and "Università Cattolica"

- census of over 500 Italian and international planning offices, selected for their quality and their attitude towards research.

- emeroteque for students with the most important architecture and design magazines.

- visits to important cities and events of Italian and European architecture. 

 Collaboration

Ever since its establishment the MODULO magazine and its publisher BE-MA  have contributed to the development of this cultural project. Since July 2003 MODULO has been official member of Laboratorio DAGAD.

In addition, DAGAD started several media partnerships with important European publishers in this sector.

Laboratorio DAGAD is a non-profit organisation, registered into the Cultural section of the Milan's "Registro Regionale delle Organizzazioni di Volontariato", No. MI-292.